Opus Systems SPARCard 500 Personal Mainframe (SPARCstation-1 Clone for AT-based PC)

by: OPUS Systems, Inc.

Publication date: 1991-01-01
Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal
Topics: sun sparc sparcstation sparcard opus opussystems 500pm mainframe sparc-clone
Language: English
Item Size: 4.7M

OPUS Systems SPARCard 500 Personal Mainframe

OPUStation Personal Mainframe 5000 is a SPARCstation-1 clone board set in AT bus card size for Personal Computers (PC), designed and made in U.S.A., 1990-1991 by OPUS Sytems, Inc.

Used in EDA, science applications and creation of technical documentations.

Archive contents

OPUS 500 PM Firmware OPUS ROM Rev. 1.4 0096472D - created with Batronix Prog-Express under GNU/Linux 32-Bit
OPUS DOS Interface 1.2 (OPUSDI12.ZIP) - created before shipment
OPUS DOS Interface 1.2 (OPUSDI12.IMG) - created after shipment and unfortunately with corrupted files maybe because of shipment

Downsides

Documentation missing
Jumper settings unknown
Operating state: out of service (maybe defect)

X-REF

OPUS Systems, Inc.
sonnenblen.de (Unofficial Sun User Forum - Germany)
Put a SPARC into your PC
OPUS Systems Ready with SPARCstation Cloning Kit (announcement)
Erweiterungskarte verwandelt DOS-PC in einen UNIX-Rechner (announement, german)

Addeddate: 2021-06-20 11:05:28
Identifier: opus500pm
Origin: OPUS Systems, Inc., U.S.A.
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Type: Software
Year: 1991